§ 15-1201. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: October 1, 2012
Effective: October 1, 2012
MD Code, Environment, § 15-1201
§ 15-1201. Definitions
(b) “Mineral” includes:
(c) “Mineral interest” means an interest in a mineral estate, however created and regardless of form, whether absolute or fractional, divided or undivided, corporeal or incorporeal, including a fee simple or any lesser interest or any kind of royalty, production payment, executive right, nonexecutive right, leasehold, or lien in minerals, regardless of character.
(d) “Severed mineral interest” means a mineral interest that is severed from the interest in the surface estate overlying the mineral interest.
(f)(1) “Surface owner” means any person vested with a whole or undivided fee simple interest or other freehold interest in the surface estate.
(g)(1) “Unknown or missing owner” means any person vested with a severed mineral interest whose present identity or location cannot be determined:
Credits
Added by Acts 2010, c. 268, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 269, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010. Amended by Acts 2012, c. 66, § 1, eff. April 10, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 370, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
MD Code, Environment, § 15-1201, MD ENVIR § 15-1201
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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